Guild Literary Complex

Transvengence | Maurice Tracy + Open Mic on April 26th

My Buddy's (Upstairs) 4416 N Clark St., Chicago, Illinois, United States

Transvengence is back!  Launched in 2022 as part of the Guild's Press Room series, the brainchild of your host, Joss Barton, a trans performer, poet and writer.  This event will include an open mic and feature: Maurice Tracy from St Louis. Maurice Tracy is a transfemme at the beginning of their journey. They are a […]

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TransVengence | Aza Greenlee, Noa/Nomi Micaela Fields, and Ava Mirage Wanbli on June 20th

My Buddy's (Upstairs) 4416 N Clark St., Chicago, Illinois, United States

Join us for TransVengence with your host, Joss Barton! This month features readings by Aza Greenlee, Noa/Moni Micaela Fields, and Ava Mirage Wanbli. Doors open at 7pm upstairs at My Buddy's! Featuring: Noa Micaela (Nomi) Fields is an echodeviant* (*trans poets with hearing aids) in search of transversal wildness in her one and only captionless […]

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“…Advice at the beginning of the revolution” with Michael Warr + Tongo Eisen-Martin

Haymarket House 800 W. Buena Ave., Chicago, Illinois

As part of our Press Room series, join us for a reading and discussion with Bay Area authors, Michael Warr and Tongo Eisen-Martin (San Fransisco Poet Laureate) about their work, the nature of protest, and how the historical acts of revolution during the heyday of the Black Power Movement in the Bay Area have influenced […]

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